[Grid-Square-Keeper:]
Corner allemand-L(6), Grand right-and-left till you
meet your partner(10).
[They can catch-up during the swing].
[FLIP: “This time” Dosido corner(8), dosido partner(8).Or:Circle-L halfway(8), circle-R halfway(8).]Partner swing(16) [catch-up].Ring-balance, Petronella spin one place to the right(4+4).
Ring-balance, Petronella one place (4+4).Ring-balance, Cal-twirl(4+4).
Pass through, and new squares go forward and back(8).
Bob: In each Petronella, all move one person to the R,
so B1 results in couples moving one place to his R.

Diamond formation

Fiddleheads
by Ted Sannella.

[IMPROPER into a DIAMOND]
TEACHING NOTES: Hand-4, then #1-gent and #2-lady swing.I'm going to put you in the diamond formation. Hands-4, to the left, take one step;
You've turned your ring 1/8-th. ONEs in the middle, G-facing-up L-facing-down, TWOs
facing across. #1-Lady, look behind you, up the hall, to the
#1-lady in the previous diamond. That's where you need to be;
#1-Ladies, drop hands to walk to her position, and take hands with
that diamond.

END EFFECT: The progression is Nbr-swing, in B2.
TWOs, who
progressed off the top, you are still Twos; when the Ones cross, a
#1-Lady will join you to make a diamond, but with no #1-Gent.
Next time through the music, you have become ONES. This newly-minted #1-Gent
needs to cross the set and arc left. He will be facing-up in a
full diamond.

ONEs pass-across the set [R-shoulders],
then arc-left around one person [G-around-G, L-around-L]
into the middle of the set, #1-lady facing down, #1-gent facing up,
and takes hands-4 (8). [As the ONEs arc, the TWOs can come
together and then push back.] You form a diamond, #1-gent with his original twos, but
#1-lady with the
previous TWOs [who were above in the set].
Balance-the-ring, petronella (4+4).

Ladies slide/spin to the right and 1/4 more(4) to end with #1 ladies
facing up, #2 ladies facing down.
[Form a diamond, not with partner; ladies in middle and gents at the sides.]
Balance the diamond(4).

“Petronella turn” one place to the right(4).
[“Gents to the middle ”, Gents spin 1/4 more to a long wave of Gents.]
Gents balance the wave(4).
Gents spin to the right (as in Rory O'More) and 1/4 more(4).
[Form a diamond, with partner; gents in middle and ladies at the sides]
Balance the diamond (4)

[PROPER: contra-corners]
ONEs go down the outside and back.ONEs go down the center and back, then cast one place.ONEs turn contra-corners(4+4+4+4).ONEs balance and swing and end facing up
[to prepare to walk down the outside].Will Mentor | Great Bear Trio.

[IMPROPER:]
[A dolphin-hey is a hey-for-3, with the two ONEs acting as a single person.
To turn-around, each pivots in place; now #1Lady is in front of
#1Gent. When they pivot again, #1Gent will be in front of
#1Lady. At all times, the #1Gent is dolphin-side of the #1Lady.
(After 16 beats, all four folk are back where they started;
the ONEs in the center, facing dolphin-side, Gent-before-Lady.)]Dolphin: Cross-1-2 Pass-3-4 Pivot-5-6 Return-7-8

[IMPROPER:
Across from you is your partner; sweep eyes right to find your shadow.
(If no-one there, then your current nbr is your shadow.)
Teaching: Have ptnr-allemand end in short-waves, gents on the outside.
Drop hands, walk forward to star-L with shadow and friends.Identify ONEs/TWOs]
Nbr bal&swing(4+12)Gents allemand-L 1.5,
partner allemand-R 1.5 (8+8).
Star-L(8) with shadow, shadow's nbr, and your nbr.
Partner swing(8) [on the ladies' orig. rail].Circle left 3-places(8). Ring-bal, Cal-twirl(4+4) to
face new nbrs.Dale Wilson | Band ?.Dance starts at 3:52.

Happy Trails
by Bob Isaacs.

[IMPROPER: Teaching, pass though one couple, to
have a previous couple.]
Nbr, then melt into swing (8+8).Cross-trails-through and swing previous Nbr (8+8).Gents Allemand-L 1.5 (8),
swing partner(8).Circle left 3-places(8).
Ring-balance(4), pass previous Nbr by R-shoulder,
current Nbr by L-shoulder to face new Nbr.

[BECKET:
[First, memorize DIR-PROG, to find new NBRs, for RH_star.
Now Becketize, hands in long lines, join at
ends to make a huge Oval. Partner in one hand, Shadow in the other.]
R-star all-the-way-around (8).
Ladies look left to find Shadow.
Shadow L-allemand(8).
Partner bal&swing(4+12).Ladies chain(8).
Ladies start half-hey(8).
[As Gents finish crossing the set, melt into a...]...Nbr swing(8).
Gents “Left-shoulder Hey”
[a half-hey](8). Gents pass L-shoulder, then R-shoulder with partner,
then looks right, and sticks out R-arm, ready for the star-R with new nbrs.
Each Lady
passes R-shoulder w.partner, then does a
with the other lady,
till she sees her partner's back; hook on to him and make a R-hand star
with New Nbrs.
A modification of:
The Ritz by Gene Hubert.

[IMPROPER: Pousette]
(8).
Mad-Robin [Gent slides-left behind nbr-lady as she
slides-right, all back to place](8).Half-Pousette clockwise, Gents start backing-up(8).
Gents start half-hey, passing L-shoulder with other
Gent(8). [Ladies will end-up across the set.]Gents cross one more time, passing L-shoulders (4), to
swing partner(12).Ladies chain to nbr(8). Star-L all the way, to new nbrs(8).Erik writes:
“This is one of the most flowing dances I've written (2007...?) and dancers
have expressed appreciation for the connectedness and satisfying feel.
After the half pousette with partner, the women should let go and take a
step back and to the left in order to leave room in the middle for the men
to begin the hey. The timing of this dance has been described as
squishy, which is ok. Encourage dancers to stretch out the Mad Robin,
the Pousette and the Hey and use all the music provided.”.Rebecca Lay | Magic Foot.

Judah Jig
by Charlie Fenton.

[IMPROPER: Circle-into-star]
Bal&swing nbr(4+12).Circle-left 3 places, swing partner(8+8).Circle left(8). Hands-across R-hand star(8)
[i.e, both in same dir].Ladies chain to Nbr(8), L-hand star(8)
to face new nbrs.Dave Harvey.
See “Roll in the Hey” medley.
Bob Isaacs: “Charlie Fenton, of San Francisco,
named this dance for the street on which the local contra dance was
located.

Labor of Love
by Kathy Anderson.

[IMPROPER: Alternating 1s/2s Contra Corners. Note DIR-PROG.]
Nbr bal&swing(4+12).Long-lines(8).
ONEs/TWOs
R-hand balance across the set, Box-the-Gnat(4+4).
[Gnat puts all the Gents on one rail, Ladies on the other]ONEs/TWOs
turn Contra Corners(4+4+4+4).ONEs/TWOs
bal&swing(4+12); End that swing facing original Dir-Prog.
[Push apart to step to opposite rails, to face a new nbr].Adina Gordon | Crowfoot. In Quebec.
Karen Jackson | Playing with Fire.

[IMPROPER: Cozy line; Cloverleaf; Double-PROG]
Nbr bal&swing(4+12).Long-lines(8). ONEs swing(8), step between new TWOs.Down the hall four-in-line [ONEs between TWOs](4).
Everyone keeping hands joined, ONEs turn away from partner, and
TWOs wrap behind, to make a cozy line(4). Come back up the hall(4).
TWOs pass over ONEs, to form a cloverleaf.Circle-left in cloverleaf formation(8).
Star-L [and progress to new nbrs](8).

[IMPROPER: Flowing. Identify Gent's home side.In each star, the Gent goes
about 3 places,
the lady almost 4 places.]
Nbr allemand-L twice round, then promenade across(8+8)
[Lady goes just 1.5, and Gent steps up behind her].[Look to the right, make a L-hand-star]
On Right Diagonal,
L-hand star(8) [note: your partner is in an adjacent star].
Come back to your partner and swing(8) on the gent's home side.
Partner promenade across(8).
[Look to the right, make a L-hand-star] On right-diag, L-hand star(8).Swing nbr(8) on side [each on his/her home side].
Long-lines(8), then face a new nbr.Alt-With nbr bal&swing(4+12).At end, use an imaginary couple for the
Star-L. When no “new nbr” then rest, or invent imaginary
nbrs. Come back in on Long-lines.George Marshall | Wild Asparagus.

Sweet Music
by Amy Kahn.

[IMPROPER: Scoop the Lady]
Gents left allemand(8) once around, and keep
going. Scoop your partner [to cross the set]
and Butterfly Whirl(8).Ladies start a full hey(16).[As gents come back to their partner] Partner bal&swing(4+12).Rights&Lefts across the set [courtesy turn](8), gent
roll-away the Lady, R-hand star(8).
[“Gents look left allemand.”]Jonathan King | Barnstorm.
Caveman
by Jim Hemphill, is similar.

[IMPROPER: Face nbr, step diag.-L to form wavy lines across-the-set.]
Rory O'More(8+8)
[Wavy-bal R-L(2+2), slide right catch L-hands(4);
bal L-R, slide left, snag R-hands(8)].Bal&Swing nbr(4+12).Circle-left 3-places(8). Swing partner(8).Ladies chain(8).
Lefthand star into a wavy line-of-4 with next nbrs
[all take RHs with nbr and ladies take LHs with each other](8).This dance is similar
to United We Dance, which was taught at
a FL Snow Ball

What's good for the Goose is good for the Gander
by Ruth King (age 10).

[IMPROPER: Gent roll-away Lady, L roll-away G at right-angles]

On side of set: With nbr,
Do-Si-Do 1.5 (8).
[Across the set]With Partner, See-saw
[or left allemand]1.5 (8).
On (other) side of set: Swing nbr(8). Ladies chain(8).Ladies start a full-hey(16).[From the hey go into] Partner-swing(8).
Goose-then-Gander move(4), couple ends facing up/down the set, facing their
current nbrs.
Then pass-through(4) to a new couple.Music should be a bit slower than standard.Goose-then-Gander move:
[Along the side, R-to-L] Gent rolls the lady away(2), then
Lady rolls the gent away [R-to-L](2), but he ends up across the
set, having traveled almost diagonally; then end as-a-couple facing
up/down the set, ready to pass through.

Wizard's Walk
by Ruth Ungar.

[IMPROPER: Do the Contra Stretch! Hands4,
identify ONEs, and DIR-PROG.]
Circle left halfway, ring-balance(4+4).
Circle left halfway, ring-balance(4+4).In your rings-of-four, starting on the side:
Square-Through 4 places
[R-to-Nbr, L-to-partner, R-to-Nbr, L-to-partner](2+2+2+2) .
Nbr 1.5(8) on the side, to progress.Partner bal&swing(4+12)
this swing is across the set, so needs extra room.
End facing original-dir
[facing away from the couple you have been dancing with].Wizard's walk:Sliding doors.
ONEs separate and go down outside TWOs, meet and continue down to split next TWOs;
Reverse.
ONEs now separate and back-up outside those TWOs, meet and back-up through previous TWOs,
ready to form the circle to start the dance again
[TWOs should oscillate in and out to make room][Lizard walk variant:
the TWOs can move up the set and back to share the work with the ONEs.]ONEs prog. off the bottom, prtnr-swing across
the set, end facing UP, becoming TWOs. There'll be TWOs in front
of you. Some ONEs will go around them, then split you.Ted Steele | ?.
At Scout house.

You Can't Get There From Here
by Carol Ormand.

[IMPROPER: Starts in short wavy-lines, Ladies in center]
Balance-the-wave(4),
Allemand-R 3/4 to form long waves, ladies facing in(4).
Balance-the-long-wave(4),
Allemand-R 3/4 to form waves across, gents in the middle(4).
Balance-the-wave(4). Nbr swing(12).Circle left 3-places(8). Partner swing(8).Circle left 3-places(8).
Dosido(8) current nbrs 1.5, to pass them, and form short waves
with new nbrs.
? | ?.

(New) Ladies L-allemand(8), and swing partner(8).Circle left 3-places(8). Nbr swing(8).Ladies chain(8). Long-lines(8). [All are home now.]Zig-Zag! [Four pull-bys, double progressing. The lady is
paralleling her partner, sort-of looking at his back.]
Pull-by-LEFT with current Nbr (Whoop!).
Pull-by-R with next Same-gender (Whoop!).
Pull-by-Left with next Opp-gender (Whoop!)
Pull-by-R with next Same-gender (Whoop!).
[Now: New-Lady L-allemand,
NOT the one she just pulled-by with.].
[End: If no-one is there, stay put. Gents, when your partner is free for
L-pull-by, then pull-by-L with partner.][If extra couple at bottom, they line up becket, ready for the pull-by-R.]The orig. choreography has
A1: Allemand 1x(4),
a bal-the-wave(4), swing(8). This is too rushed.Ryan Smistopher | Atcher, Beck, and Kahl.

[BECKET: Slide-left to Ladies chain]
[New] Ladies chain(8), into
Mad-Robin(8) [around NBR].[“Whirlwind”]
Ladies allemand-L 1.5 (8), meanwhile
Gents orbit [clockwise, to the other side of the set]
interlocking by passing R-shoulders.
Nbr-swing(8) [on lady's home side].Gents pass L-shoulders to start a full hey (8+8).Gents cross one more time,
[straight across] to swing partner(3+5).
Circle left all way, then Slide-Left
to new NBRs(8).Written on Friday, 08Sep2017 in “honor ” of the
category-5 hurricane, Irma, that was about to hit Florida.The beginning of
is intentionally rushed, to evoke the hurried
evacuation from some parts of southern Florida.

Hinge Binge
by Bob Isaacs.

[BECKET: Rev-progression.
Becketize, then: Take hands in long-lines. All
look-R; that is your direction of progression.]
Give-and-take to gent’s side(4). Nbr swing(12).Circle-L 3-places(8).
Dosido partner 1¼ to wavy line across, Ladies in center(8).
[Note 1]Balance-the-wave(4), hinge-circulate to long waves(4).
[Nbr is in R-hand.]
Balance-the-wave(4), hinge-Progress to new waves-across(4).
[Note 3]Balance-the-wave(4), hinge-circulate
into your partner's arms.(4).
[Note 4]
Partner swing(8).
1:
Partner is in R-hand, in wave-across.
A hinge is an allemande-R ¼ to Gents face across, Ladies
face out. Circulate, Gents cross, stay facing out,
Ladies had a Gent in their R-hand; Ladies flip into
that gents' place.3:
Progress: Nbr1 allemande-R ¼, all walk FWD with new ladies taking L-hands in the center,
Gents with new Lady in R-hand.
4:
With this new-Nbr allemande-R ¼, now gents cross, and ladies flip into
their nbr's spot, awaiting their partner to swing.

A Different Way ForwardorFriday at the FoolorHi there!
by Seth Tepfer.

[BECKET: Double-progression]
[Nbr #1 is across from you. Look diagonal left for nbr #2.
Further diagonal left is #3, then #4.
(At end, nbr #2 is on your same rail, to your right.)]
Long-lines(8).
Ladies allemand-R 1.5, diagonally(8).Next nbr, #2, allemand-L 1.5 (8).
Next next nbr, #3, by right shoulder 1.5 (8).Next next next nbr, #4, Bal&Swing(4+12).Circle left 3-places(8), then partner swing(8).You are never out; on the circle-left, the
couple “out” at the end simply start their partner-swing
8 beats early.Seth Tepfer;
the two allemandes are switched L from R..

Becket Reel
by Herbie Gaudreau.

[BECKET: Your partner is
on one side of you, your shadow on the other.]
Allemand-L your shadow(8). Partner swing(8).Ladies chain across and back(8+8).On left diagonal: Right&left through(8).
Straight across: Right&left through(8).Star left(8). Star right(8).
[...until you see your shadow...]Linda Leslie | Band ?.

[BECKET: Huge oval circle]
[Same two] Ladies chain(8). Long lines(8);
keep hands, and connect at the ends to make a huge oval.Oval right(8) [“Ovaltine”].
Oval left(8) [“OvalTang”].
[Original foursomes] Circle-left(8).
[C'mon back with a] Left-hand star(8) all the way around
[Gent in front of his partner].[Ladies look right and] Allemand-R the
new nbr-lady coming toward you(8).
Partner-swing(8), on the side.Jonathan King, Footloose.
Called as no-walk-through.Caller? | Band?.

Conveyor my Love
by Jonathan King.

[BECKET: Has the conveyor-belt move]

Cows are Watching
by Bill Pope.

[BECKET: (Rev-progression dance.) Id DIR-PROG.
Hands4, then rotate Right one click]
Long lines(8). Ladies R-allemand 1.5 (8).Nbr Bal&swing(4+12).Bal-the-ring(4).
Gent rolls away his Partner, across the set
[from L-to-R](4), as he sashays R-to-L.
[He travels further than she, so as to start the weave.]
As a couple, weave left(4), weave right(4) [so you've gone around just
one couple].Gents snag L-hands then
L-allemand 1x(8). Swing partner(8).Chattahoochee Country Dancers (CCD, Atlanta).
Sue Rosen | The Figments.
Cis Hinkle | Troublesome Creek.

Circle left halfway, roll partner
away [with a half sashay]along the Side(4+4).
Circle left halfway(4), and slide-left(4) along the set to face new nbrs.
There is
extra time for the slide-left. Energetic couples can put
in a traveling-2-hand turn, or a traveling-swing.Martha Edwards | Playing with Fire.
Robert Cromartie | Footloose.

Dr. Bluhm's Delight
by Rick Mohr.
[BECKET:]

[Shift left to meet next couple],
Circle left 3-places(2+6).
Nbr swing(8).Long lines(8).
L-Handshake-star [Left-hands-across]1/2
Gents drop out(4),
Ladies keep Allemanding-L 3-places more(4),
to Join R-hands with NBR to form wave-of-four across the set.
[Ladies have done a full-allemand and a little bit more.]Bal-the-wave(4).
Allemand-R with NBR 5/8 (4).
Turn by the RIGHT (to) diagonal wave, Gents in the center
Gents join L-hand with next gent to form diagonal wave; Bal-the-wave(4).
Gents allemand-L 3/4Gents turn by the LEFT (to) diagonal wave
to join R-hand with partner in other-diagonal wave(4).Bal-the-wave(4) [you have partner in R-Hand].
Swing partner(12).JK |
Avant Gardeners (recorded music).
???.
Seth Tepher at Snowball 2011.
George Marshall | Swallowtail.
Lisa Greenleaf | Great Bear Trio.

[BECKET: Reverse proression]
[These] Gents allemand-Left 1.5 (8).
Nbr swing(8).[Hang on to that NBR and] Promenade across(8).
Ladies chain(8).Ring-balance, spin one place to the right,
as in Petronella, and turn alone to face a new nbr(8).
Form ring with new couple, balance, and spin one place to
the right(8).Partner bal&swing(4+12).LEAF Festival Spring 2011 #1and #2.

March of the Coffee Zombies
by Cary Ravitz.

[BECKET:]
Long-lines; backing, gents roll-away partner(8).
March single-file 3-places round(8) (as if circling right)
to meet new nbrs.W.these Nbrs,
march 3-places round(8) (as if circling left).
Gents turn over R-shoulder and all form a wavy-line, Gents in center,
(#1 Gent facing Down) with partner in R-hand(8).
Bal-the-wave(4), Gents slide right one place and spin to face-in,
while Ladies slide right Two places and spin to face Nbr(4).Nbrs and swing(8+8).Gents allemand-L 1.5 to cross the set(8). Partner swing(8).

[BECKET: In becket, hands in oval, Gent finds
shadow by looking-right, past partner and past next gent, to next lady.Method: In becket, temporarily do a roll-away. Partner in one
hand, shadow in the other.]
Ladies allemand-R 1.5 (8).
Ladies lead half-a-hey(8).
Nbr bal&swing(4+12).On Left-diagonal, Ladies chain to shadow(8).
Rights-and-lefts across(8).
Long-lines(8).
Partner swing(8) [she's in gent's L-hand].Dan Black | Frontline Fiddles.
Donna Hunt | Nor'easter.
Auman: The gent in the lady's R-hand is her partner,
which explains the title.

My Uncle Fred's Contra
by Dean Snipes.

[BECKET: slightly altered in B2.]
[Your previous nbr is your
“flame”.]Circle left 3-places(8). [On side of set]
Dosido nbr 1x and a bit more,
into short wavy lines across-the-set(8).Balance-the-wave R-L, slide right catch L-hands(8).
[With nbr] Allemand-L 3/4 (4), gents walk to
next short-wavy-line
to allemand-R your “flame”(4).With [current] nbr, Bal&Swing(4+12).Star-right
orig. dance has circle-L, here
3-places(6), melt in to a partner-swing(8), and slide-left to face a new couple(2).Music should be a bit slower
than standard contra tempo.

[Rev-progr-BECKET: Turn foursome
1-click to the RIGHT. This is your home-side.]

[New] Gents Allemand-L 1.5 (8),
to swing Nbr(8).Gents pass L-shoulder to start a full hey (8+8).Gents cross the set,
passing L-shoulders, to partner
and melt into swing(4+4+8).Mad-robin-twirl, Gents sliding-right in front of
partner(8). [As lady returns to place, she does a 3/4
twirl, pulling R-shoulder back, to catch
her partner's L-hand, then stepping into the circle-to-the-R with
current NBRs.][Take Hands-4], Circle RIGHT all way, then Slide-right[lady leading] to new NBRs(8).This is an homage to
Adriane Moser'sThree Ceremonies, written for our own
Bob Saint Laurent.

[Slide-left to New Nbrs to...]
Circle left 3-places(8). Nbr swing(8).
Gents allemand-L(8) [back to place].
Oval-right(8).
[You are across from your Partner, and same-gender Nbr;
they are couple #1.
Oval-R to past couple #2, #3, #4, and as you get to couple #5...
(opposite gender in #5 is your
“Distant Shadow”)
Gents stop, Ladies
get ready to...]Ladies R-allemand with Lady #5 (8).
Oval-left(8) [back to your original four-some, facing your Partner].
Circle left 3-places(8).
Partner swing, and Slide-Left to face new Nbrs(8).Written for my teen, Ruth, when she was 12,
while driving to pick her up from Adventure Camp.

Princely Petronella Stars
by Jonathan King.
(Aug. 2013)

[BECKET: Reverse--single-prog.
Before becketizing:
(We'll start with one couple out.)
Pass through up-down, takes hands4 with next nbrs.
(For me: Your Previous nbrs are behind you.)
BECKETIZE. In one hand is your Partner, the other is your SHADOW.]

[Everyone: Look on the R-diagonal; after once though
the dance, you'll be across from that couple. And in just a moment,
you be swinging that person on the R-diagonal.]

A “Petronella-star” is a conventional
petronella (ring-balance, twirl-right one place)but ending in a
L-hand wristgrip-star. A
“petronella-star 5-places-round” is relative to your
initial psn. You end up in the same place a
“circle-right 5-places ” puts you, but using 16 beats of music.

A “revonella” is a reverse petronella:
Ring-balance, then twirl-left one place.
A “Revonella-star” is a reverse petronella that ends
in a right-hand star.
And a “revonella-star
4-places-round” puts you back where you started.

Revonella-star back to place(8+8).
Face away from partner, take hands4 with a new
couple; you are facing your Shadow.
[Your partner is in a different hands4.][Out at the end: Turn as a couple to face in.]

Petronella-star back to place, and one place more(8+8).
Swing your New-nbr; the person [on your side of the set]
in the adjacent star(8).
[At the end of the petronella-star, the lady is looking at the back of
her New Nbr's head, while the Gent rolls over his R-shoulder to see his new nbr behind him.]

Swing this new-nbr, then
[as a couple] slide-left, till you are
across from the couple that has your partner(8).
Gents snag R-hands and allemand 1.5 (8).

Partner bal&swing(4+12).I wrote this dance for
Stan & Linda Prince,
who have been energetic contra dance organizers for many years, making
many hundreds of people happy.

Ribbing Adam
by Jonathan King.
(Aug. 2013)

[(New, Work-in-progress)
BECKET: Rev-single-progression;
so have the hands-4 rotate one click to the right.
Each Lady is on her Home side.]
Ladies initiate partner-trades, at will.

With partner, promenade across(8). Ladies chain(8),
then give a R-hand to partner, across the set.[Facing partner] Square-Through
[Across the set:
Prtnr R-hand bal and pull-by(4+2);
w.nbr L-hand pull-by(2);
w.prtnr bal and pull-by(4+2);
w.nbr pull-by(2)],
to face new NBR.
Gents always turn right, ladies turn left.[With these new nbrs] Step immediately
into a short wavy-line across the set [Ladies in the
center], bal-the-wave(4).
Everyone spin/slide right, with Gents sliding
two places to snag L-hands(4).
Gents allemand-L 3/4 into a long wavy-line of
Gents in the center(4) [facing Partner], and bal-the-wave(4).
[Each Lady is at her Home, on the side of the set.]
Ladies: Bring home either your partner, or a Gent-in-Trade, and swing (4+12)
on the side of the set.
[Make sure to end that swing across from the couple that has
the lady from the short-wave.]

[Gent-in-Trade: Lady “Jane”
has:
On her L-diagonal is her previous-nbr lady. Across from Jane is current nbr-lady.
(Using hand-signals, telepathy, carrier
pigeons)
While the Gents are allemanding and balancing [8 beats of music], Jane agrees to trade
partners with one of these 2 ladies. In that case, Jane
takes the appropriate gent
–who is facing away from her–
and brings
him home to swing; he is Jane's new partner. (Jane's
trading-lady will take Jane's former partner home to swing.)Lost-and-found is at the bottom of the set.
N.B: A trade causes the Gent to switch his direction of progression.]
Those who go to dance-weekends in Florida,
know Rona Wiener, role-switching imp.
When you see a ball of Joyful Chaos moving down a contra-line,
Rona is probably in the center of it. I wrote this dance for her.

[BECKET:]
Circle-L 1x (8). Gents
allemand-R 1.5 (8).With nbr, Bal&Swing(4+12).Join hand in ring, Bal-the-ring then petronella twirl(8).
Bal-the-ring, then petronella-nella [twirl two places around the ring](8). With partner, Bal&Swing(4+8).
Slide left to face Next Couple(4). The “petronella-nella” first appeared
in Wasatch Wiggle,
by Erik Weberg.

So Near and So Far
by Bob Isaacs.

[BECKET:]
Across from you are your old NbrS.
On left-diag. are new NbrS.
Ladies pull by right [like ladies chain],
then w. old Nbr
allemand-L 3/4 (2+6).
Swing [new] Nbr (8).
[Gent is on home side.]Circle left halfway, roll-away
partner-lady across the
set [L-to-R] (8).
[Gent has gone 3 clicks around circle.]
Circle left halfway, roll-away
nbr-lady along the set[L-to-R] (8).
[Gent has gone another 3 clicks around circle.]Mad-Robin [sideways dosido](8)
[Gent slides right, in front of nbr-lady].
Gents L-allemand 1.5 (8).
Partner swing (16) [no balance].Ted Hodapp | Contratopia.
At Glen Echo

[(New,
Work-in-progress) BECKET: Reverse-prog.
Waltz-contra, or regular-contra]
Rights-&-lefts across(8).
On the Left-diagonal, Ladies chain(8).Slice-right [long-lines going in diagonal-R];
slice-R back, and while backing-up, the Lady in the Gents right-hand,
puts herself into wrap(4+4); Nbr wrap.
[The slices are so that nbr-Gents are lined-up to star-promenade]
Star-promenade to the other side(4) and ladies unwrap(4), so that
#1Gent-and-Lady are facing down, other couple facing up.[Gents, pull against each other a bit, so that]
As a couple, slide-left a little and then:
With the couple that is
facing you[your partner is in it]
Circle-left halfway(4);
as you arrive, the Lady in the Gent's Left-hand, his Partner,
puts herself into wrap(4) [as she arrives at her home rail];
Partner wrap.
Star-promenade all-the-way around to the Gent's home side(8).
Lady unwraps into a partner swing(16).End effect: After the Rights-&-lefts:
Do NOT chain, if there is no couple on your left-diagonal.
[If there is a couple out,
do NOT chain with them.]
You will go out at the start of the circle-L. Turn around
individually. Now the Gent's partner is in his L-hand.
You will come back
on the continuation of the circle-L.,
[In honor of the marriage of
Sidney & Lainey,
and of
Donny & Shauna.][Takes a move from Tailor Made
by Kirston Koths.]Tailor Made,
called by Jack Mitchell | Footloose Trio.

Three Ceremonies
by Adriane Moser.

[BECKET: Slide-left to Ladies chain.]
[New] Ladies chain(8), into
Mad-Robin(8) [Ladies slide-L in front of NBR].Ladies pass right to start a full hey (8+8).Ladies cross the set,
passing right shoulders, to swing partner(4+12).Long-lines(8). Circle left all way, then Slide-Left
to new NBRs(8).Jonathan King (no-walk-through)
| Montage.
Jolaine Jones-Pokorney | Barnstorm.
Posted on the Callers mailing list was:
“The published choreography has B1 as pass rt shoulder to gypsy
partner, then swing.”

Wingnut Whirl
by Allan Brozek.

[BECKET:]
Line4 DTHall, ONEs on the left, turn as a couple(6+2).
Line4-UTHall, bend the line(6+2).Circle left 3-places, pass-thru(6+2)
[ONEs pass down, TWOs up],
and swing the next(8).Gents allemand-L 1.5 (8),
scoop up partner in star-promenade to other side of set(4), and
butterfly whirl(4).Ladies dosido(8), swing partner(8); end facing DTHall.Gaye Fifer.

Winter in Summerland
by Jeff Spero and James Hutson.

[BECKET:]
Gents allemand-L 1.5 (8). Nbr swing(8).Long-lines(8). Pass through to an ocean wave(4) and balance(4).Walk forward to the next nbr, new nbr half-way
into a 3/4 hey, gents leading, passing
L-shoulders in center [Gents go over and back, ladies cross the set].Partner bal&swing(4+12).
[Start again with these same nbrs]Called by ?.
George Marshall.
Gaye Fifer (techno).
Woody Lane | The Nettles.

Woven Waves
by Cary Ravitz.

[IMPROPER: Gypsy-star]
Nbr balance&swing(4+12).Ladies walk forward to a wavy-line in the middle(4); bal R-L(4).
Ladies stay in place while Gents walk fwd to a wavy-line in middle(4).
[There are now two interlinked but separate wavy-lines]
Everyone balance R-L(4). Gents drop L-hands and ladies drop R-hands to form a
.
Gents walk fwd and ladies bwd, to turn the star 3/4 (8).
Partner swing(8) on the gent's home side.Circle-left 3/4 and pass through up and down(8).
New NBR dosido(8).Look deeply into partner's eyes during
interlinked wavy-balance.(Ravitz: “In A2, gents taking R-hands below the ladies' hands
makes the eventual transition to a swing easier”)Danced to moody music.

[4-FACING-4:]
The end-lady in each short-line [i.e on the R]
is the Leading lady. After the L-hand star, the lead-lady
is looking at the back of a Gent in the other flock. His psn is her “Target”.
Remember Original Direction.
[The Gents end every swing facing this direction.]

[4-FACING-4: Step forward to the left for a wavy line of 8]
Balance the wave(2+2), Ladies allemand-L halfway(4),
pass partner by right to start Hey-for-eight(8).Continue hey until you meet your partner(8), Partner
swing(8); end with center couples facing sides and outside couples facing
center. [becket][Hands-4] Circle left three-places, nbr swing(8+8).Balance the ring(4), partner roll away(4), Balance the
ring(4),
walk forward [i.e, pass through, passing R-shoulders](4)
to form wavy line with new nbrs.Jack Mitchell | Party of Three.

Holy Cow Moly
by Brian DeMarcus.
Coconut Cream Pie
by Lynn Ackerson.

[4-FACING-4: (Any number of folk
may join a star, even in a different line.)]
Lines-of-four, foward and back(8).
Center 4 folk, star-R one time around, back to place(8).Partner allemand-L 1.5 (8).
Now: Other 4 folk, star-R back to place(8).Partner bal&swing(4+12)[Hands-8] Circle left halfway(8).
Balance-the-ring, California twirl (4+4)Dana Parkinson | Syncopaths.

[4-FACING-4, Becket. (Take hands4 with couple
in front of you, turn it one click to the left.)Before becketizing, identify your
“Travel Buddies ”
in your short line4.Crooked tune, 16×5=80 beats]
Circle left 3-places(6),
Face up and down
Pass thru and swing the next
to a new set(2), to
Swing your new nbr(8).
[End in BECKET, facing partner, next to nbr, in two groups-of-four.][Four] Long lines, fwd&back(8).
Gents allemand-L 1.5 into(8)…
a long Wavy line of eight folk, your partner in your R-hand.Rory O'More [wavy-bal, R-L, slide right catch
L-hands, bal L-R, slide left, snag R-hands](4+4+4+4).
Partner Pull-by, Hey!
Major [or Half] Hey-for-Eight(16).
Keep on going till you see your Partner.Partner bal&swing(4+12); end in Becket formation.
Face that other couple!Cis Hinkle | Band? .

[4-FACING-4: Has the “Awful Ladies” move.]
In line facing you. The couple on the diagonal has your
1st-nbr. In the couple across from you
is your 2nd-nbr.
You are facing your “Original Direction”.
Gents, you have 3 swings, each ending facing a
different direction. Your Partner-swing ends facing your
original direction.Lines-of-four, foward and back(8).
Up/down: In little-groups-of-four, ladies start a half-hey(8).“All four ladies, chain halfway.”
The four ladies
do a R-hands-across-star, halfway round till they see their first-nbr(8).
Swing that nbr(8), ending facing across the set (i.e, like in long lines).In your new little-groups-of-four, gents allemand-L
1.5(8) to your second-nbr.
Swing second-nbr(8),
ending facing Reverse Direction.
Face your partner, hands-4, circle left.[Up/down in your new little-groups-of-four]
Circle left 3-places(8).
Swing partner, end facing Original Direction, in your line-of-four.Its good if the music has an energy boost either
on B1 [best] or A2. Also, kinda funky is good.

nhcaller:
“The tune for
Money Musk originated in Scotland in 1776 and the first dance
instructions appeared in 1785…”
In Laura Ingalls Wilder's
Little House in the Big Woods,
Money Musk is one of the tunes Laura's Pa
(Charles Ingalls) plays on his fiddle
while Mr. Edwards dances in the firelight.

Musk of Contra
by Jonathan King.

[PROPER, triple minor: 48-beat tune]
abc123To Money Musk,
this adjoins figures for the TWOs and THREEs, and introduces a swing.

ONEs allemand-R 1.5,
while TWOs/THREEs do a mad-robin
[#3 Gent slides Left in front of #2 Gent](8).
1bc
a23.
ONEs cast down to 2nd place(4) [“ONEs go
below”],
while TWOs lead up.
Forward six & six fall back(4).
b1c
2a3.
ONEs R-hand turn 3/4 to
lines-of-3 facing up and down(8)
b c
1 a
2 3.
Forward six & back(4).
ONEs R-hand turn to home side(4)
bac
213.
[The order is TWOs ONEs THREEs]
Top two couples: Right and left over and back(8+8),
during which the THREEs swing (across the set).
b acb
2 132.

Triplets

Melrosean Triplet
by Jonathan King.

[Triplet, PROPER:
abc123Letters are Ladies, diGits are Gents.]

Circle-6-Right, halfway(8) 321cba.
THREEs star-L [with the couple below] halfway(4) bc123a[and flow into a]
THREEs star-R [with the couple below] halfway(4), to
end in handshake with partner across the set ba321c.

Top couple lead down the center,
then back, and cast to
middle place(8+8) 213
bac.

Circle-six half way
cab
312.
New top-couple swing
3ab
c12.

Squares

Intro:[Pause](8). Bow to your partner, and bow to your corner too(8).
Join hands in a great big ring, circle to the left is what-you-do(16).Circle-to-the-left to-the-left to-the-left(8), and back to the right you
go(8). When you get back home ……Swing your own(16). Promenade, you go two-by-two. Promenade promenade that's what you do.(16)

Intro 2:[Pause](8). Bow to your partner, and bow to your corner too(8).
Wave to one across the across the way, and Gents Go Swing Her!(16).[Gents swing their opposite.] Now go back home, and…
…Swing your own(16). ONEs Arch, All promenade(16).

[Having just swung partner]
“Ladies to center, back to back”(8).
Ladies step to center, and face out.
“Gents go round, the railroad track”(8); gents walk CCW
around the ladies.
“L-Elbow-round the one you swung”(8).
“Swing the next one on the run”(8)

End1:Corner, L-allemand(8). Partner, R-allemand(8).Corner, you swing(8). Partner, do-si-do(8); face your
partner……pull-by!, Grand Right-and-Left(6); when you see
your partner, Box-The-Gnat(2), and come on back…
pull-by!, Grand Right-and-Wrong(8), till you get back home.
Swing your partner(8). And in to the center with a great big shout(8)!
[Thank your partner, thank the set.]

[Square-keeper:
Good for ONEs arch, All promenade]
Couple-#1 Go Uptown[move to couple-#3 and join hands-four]bring'em on down(4+4).
[Still in hands-four]Send'em back[move back to #3's place].
#1's split the #3 couple(4+4); separate.Go around the Town[Go outside around back to place](8).
Meet at home, R-elbow swing, twice around(8).Corner allemand-Left
ya'go(4), Partner swing(12)[Everyone] Promenade till ya get back home(8+8).

English Country Dances, ECD

Geud Man of Ballangigh.

[PROPER: ]
Tune: Hunt the Squirrel, 8/8 time.
Ones [inside-hand] lead down
through the Twos, cast back to place(8). Gents lead across, between the
Ladies, cast back to place(8).Twos lead up
through the Ones, cast back to place(8). Ladies lead across, cast back to place(8).First-corners set(4), Turn-single back to place(4).
Second-corners set(4), Turn-single back to place(4).Circle-left halfway(4), fall back(4) [ladies
inside-hands, on gents side, etc.], rev-proper.
Partners set going fwd(4), pass across R-shoulders then face back in(4), progressed.
Philippe Callens | Hold the Mustard.

Circle mixers

Banjo's Mistress
by David Smukler.

[Circle-mixer waltz: Couples start in circle, Lady-on-the-right]
All fwd (2 measures), all back (2).
Circle left(4).All fwd (2), all back (2).
Half sashay to trade places with partner [lady sliding left in front](2).
Say farewell and then courtesy turn the next lady(2).
Promenade this new partner(4), end facing partner [Gents facing out].
Back away from partner, Gents backing toward the center(2), balance R&L [yeminite](2).
Come forward, partners do-si-do(4).
Waltz with partner(4), end by opening up to face center.
Smukler writes:
The half sashay at the end of the A-part is not intended to include a
roll away; both people slide. The courtesy turn can be a wide looping
movement; it should flow into the promenade.

[Circle mixer: Lost&found is in the center]
All circle left(16).In-to-Center, back(4+4).
In-to-Center, back(4+4); end facing partner, along the circle..[Give R-hand to partner]
Grand chain until you meet 7th person.
(2+2+2+2+2+2+2), twirl this 7th-lady(2).Swing your new partner(16); end with hands in circle.Tune segs nicely from
Zelda to
The Moon & Seven Stars.

[Circle mixer: Lost&found is in the center]
Make lines of three [holding hands] facing CCW around the circle
like spokes on a wheel. If you are between two people then you are a
MIDDLE; else you are one of the two SIDEs; you retain this name through
one cycle of the dance.Promenade in lines-of-three CCW(16).Circle-of-three: Circle Left, Circle right(8+8).MIDDLEs swing the one who [is] ___(8)
[tallest, curliest hair, youngest, who can stick the stomach out the
farthest, who can jump the highest, thinking of the color purple etc…][the cute one... the cuter one]
MIDDLEs swing the other one!(8)SIDEs make a Both-Arms arch and all the MIDDLEs run through all the
arches around the circle until the music stops.(16)
SIDEs capture the closest MIDDLE to make a new line.
[Decide who’s going to be the new MIDDLE.]I renamed “middles” and
“sides”
from innies and outties.

Other formations

[Scattered-fours, couple-with-couple. Contra-music.]
Circle left(8). R-star, wrist-grip star(8).Slide hands to Rights-&-lefts with Nbr(8).
Dosido Nbr(8).Nbr bal&swing(4+12); this is your new partner.Promenade anywhere with new partner(16), to find
another couple to circle with.

Borrowdale Exchange

[Scatter mixer: 3-couple groups, Lady on right]
Circle left(8), circle right(8).Dance to center and back(4+4). Partner dosido(8).Right hands-across star [3 couples](8).
All lift joined-hands; lowest-hand gent pull [new]partner under the
arch, then next lowest-hand gent, then last; you have three new couples.
As couples, scatter promenade to make new sets.
[Cèilidh (“kay-lee”) version: Skip as couples].Danced in Seattle.

Dive for the oyster, dig for the clam.

[2-couples in hands-4, anywhere on the floor.]
[Hands-4] “Dive for the oyster
”(8). A couple makes an arch, others dive/peek under; all
hands stay joined.“Dig for the clam”;(8);
the other couple makes an arch, and the others peek through.[All hands stay joined]
“Shoot through the hole in the old tin can”(16).
First couple arches, 2nd pops through, rolls-over-outside shoulder,
brings the other couple through, and they roll over.Circle-L, circle-R(8+8).
Promenade about the hall(16), to find a new couple.[This is a different version].

Double Chocolate
by Jim Kitch.

[INDECENT:
Needs an even number of couples.ONEs stay ONEs, TWOs stay TWOs, the
whole dance. You travel with your group-of-four.
Now take hands-8, As, Bs, Cs, Ds.
The A&B couples travel together DTHall.
The C&D couples travel together UTHall.
When C&D get to the top of the line, they're out
for 1 cycle, then come back in as A&B.]

Corner, bal & swing:
Ends with partner,
middles with nbr, Bal&swing(4+12).
(End in square formation; the ends are the heads.)In-to-the-center-and-back(8). Head-Ladies chain(8).Four ladies chain [R-hands-across star,
halfway]. Side-Ladies chain(8+8).HEADS cross-trail-through, and go around one
[each A goes around one B; the As end up above the Bs](8).
Long-lines(8).
Gaye Fifer | Scarlet Runner String Band.

The New Parliament House JigorThe Prime Minister
by John Colville.

[3×3 GRID OF DANCERS, ALL FACING UP: Center-person
is the Prime Minister. Often given a symbolic hat
(will be passed on to the next PM).
Term Limits: You only get to be PM once!
“Rows” horiz., “files” vertical.]
[Music:64-bar reels or jigs, 3 times through.
E.g The New Parliament House Jig.
Reels:
Rickett's Hornpipe
/ Lamplighter's Hornpipe.]
Right-wing; caucus:
The Right 2 files
take skater's hold, promenades CCW around the “far left”;
the leftmost file.(16)Left-wing; caucus:
Left 2 files
take skater's hold, promenades CW around the “far right”.(16)

“Moderates” (the four in the middle of an edge)
“run rings” around the PM; circle-left(8) then right(8).“Extremists” (the four corner dancers)
run rings around the Prime Minister. [Left, then right.]

Lobbying:
The PM makes a Right-Hand star
in the front-right [NE] corner(8);
then a Left-Hand star with [NW] front-left.(8)
Frontbenchers, right wing, then left.PM makes a RH-star
with the back-left [SW] corner(8);
then a LH-star with the [SE] back-right.(8)
Backbenchers, right wing, then left.

Descend into usual Parliamentary chaos:
Hey-for-3 in each file: The head dancer faces DTHall, the other
two in his file face up. He starts the weave passing R-shoulders with
the middle person, weaving down and back(8+8).
[Each dancer ends up where he started.]Orig. has Heys along rows,
rather than files. Files seem easier for the PM to get in to.Change of Government:
Front-row faces right, and puts R-hand on shoulder of person in front,
in his row. Front person arcs right,
around and behind the middle row [which steps fwd to become the new front]
then arcs left around the back row [which becomes the new middle].
There isn't much time for this bit, so move smartly.
Ok to permute psns, doing this, so
everyone can be PM.Carol Ormand | Atlanta 2011.
Notes A,
Notes B,
Notes C
and
History.
The dance represents the system of Government in Australia.

Mad Scatter
by Rick Mohr.

[Scatter mixer: Couples in 4-somes or 6-somes or 8-somes]
Circle left(8). Dosido nbr(8).Allemand-R partner 1.5[sending ladies in](8).
Ladies star-L, while Gents orbit CW(8).Bal&swing new partner(4+12).Promenade anywhere with new partner(16)
[Find another group to circle with].Any number of couples can be in the circle
left, ditto the star-L.

Virginia Reel by Trad.

[PROPER: Couple sashay, zipper down the center]
Long-lines. R-elbow swing. L-elbow swing. Two-hand swing.Dosido. SeeSaw. Head couple sashay down(8) and back(8),
ending Proper.R-elbow swing 1.5 (8) into
Zipper: L-elbow w next person [opposite gender](4),
R-elbow w partner(4). [Continue down the line](∞).
Head couple sashay back up(8), ending Proper.
Head-couple splits, goes down the outside.
Everyone else march up the hall, gents turn left to follow
head gent down the outside, ladies turn right to follow
head lady down the outside.
Head-couple forms an arch with their arms, all couples pass through UTHall.
Now there is a new head-couple.Danced at 2:10.

Medleys

3-Medley: Potatoes, Ceremonies, Chainsaw Reel.
Arranger: JK.

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Transition: This time...Star-L. Circle-L, then Slide-Left
to new NBRs(8).